Example sentences of "[adv] know for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had always been the sensible , down-to-earth twin , yet here she was , going away with a man she had only known for two days . |
| 2 | Thomas Telford is better known for such engineering feats as the Menai Suspension Bridge or the Caledonian Canal , or roads and bridges throughout the Highlands . |
| 3 | Three such smoothies recently opened the doors of their brand-new consultancy , Frew Dale Macmaster , in London 's Harley Street , better known for medical doctors than image surgeons . |
| 4 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 5 | But we shall not know for some time yet . |
| 6 | Despite this wide canon , she remains best known for one thing — vampires . |
| 7 | That gallery was owned by Baghoomian 's cousin , the dealer Tony Shafrazi , also known for spray-painting Picasso 's ‘ Guernica ’ at the Museum of Modern Art . |
| 8 | Rhoda he had also known for some time . |
| 9 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |
| 10 | The reference test ( known as GT4 ) consisted of items used in the Assessment of Performance Unit 's mathematics surveys ( with the permission of HMSO and the APU ) ; the parameters of each item were therefore accurately known for national samples representative of the whole range of attainment . |
| 11 | Medieval water engineering is now known for many sites , shown particularly well at Rhuddlan in North Wales , Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire and Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire , but smaller schemes too have resulted in great changes . |
| 12 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 13 | They were also well known for cricketing flannels and white doeskins , as well as more usual products . |
| 14 | In one almost comic instance , a man described as a ‘ wooden-legged ruffian ’ who was well known for drunk-and-disorderly offences had kicked a policeman with his wooden leg . |